Partial Shutdown: Brookfield Office Properties Inc.

Brookfield Office Properties Inc.: TORONTO - The Toronto stock market closed lower Monday as hopes faded that an 11th-hour deal would emerge on a compromise budget bill that would prevent a partial shutdown of the U.S. government at midnight. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. A notable exception was the real estate sector, which ran ahead 1.9 per cent as Brookfield Property Partners LP TSX:BPY.UN announced it wants to buy out other shareholders of Brookfield Office Properties Inc. TSX:BPO in a stock-and-cash deal it valued at US$5 billion. The fading name on the building in Toronto that used to house the Toronto Stock Exchange is pictured on August 18 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim The S P/TSX composite index closed down 56.89 points to 12,787.19 as worry about the economic effect of such a shutdown depressed most sectors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.